... and being poured from this into another, it assumes three different forms : the asphalt and the salt immediately become solid, but the oil they collect, and the Persians call it rhadinace ; it is black and emits a strong odour. Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr - Page 397 by Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1848 - 613 pages Full view -
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